From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 405

Chapter 405: Make A Deal (Part 2)

The phone call had ended. The request had been made, and Max had agreed to their demands.

He would bring an amount that Jett would be more than happy with, and the person who would arrive from the Billion Bloodline group was Max himself. A location would be sent in the next thirty minutes or so, which gave Max a narrow window to plan how to handle the entire thing.

"Do you want me to get the entirety of the Billion Bloodline group ready for this operation?" Aron asked, voice steady but urgent.

"No." Max replied. "It’s best we keep the group small. Call the Rangers, and we’ll bring Na with us as well.

"With these numbers, they shouldn’t be scared off, but if there are a large amount of them we can deal with them when needed. If there’s too many he might use Sheri as a hostage, or just run away before we even arrive."

Max spoke with the clipped clarity of someone balancing outcomes. He was thinking through angles, what Jett might do, what the Black Hounds might hope to gain. He felt, in a way that was more instinct than thought, that Jett hadn’t attacked the Billion Bloodline group because he knew who Max was or his relation. The notion sat like a pebble under his tongue, possible, but not certain.

It might have been a gang order. But even that felt off; the whole request was strange. There was something odd about the way it had been set up, an edge to it Max couldn’t place. He could feel it without being able to name it. He forced himself to leave that worry for later and to focus on the practical: Sheri, the money, the meeting.

"Wait, what about me?" Darno blurted, overhearing Max as he processed the plan out loud.

"What do you mean, what about you?" Max replied without looking away from the list in his head. "You’ve done what you can to help. We know where her location is. You can head back to the building.

"Besides, I don’t think you did much to help here in the first place."

The words landed blunt and a little colder than Max intended. He had meant to be efficient, not cruel, but the room was full of demand and not much patience. Darno’s shoulders tightened. He had proven his skills earlier, Max had seen it, but in the moment of the raid, he had frozen. It was a fact Max could not ignore.

"But they trashed my car, they hit my head, and they took Sheri right when I was there as well," Darno protested. His voice rose. "I have to go. I have to finish this job. I was just standing around because I knew you had everything covered!"

Max had no time for a long argument. If Darno truly wanted to join, there was no reason to refuse him now; one extra capable person could make a difference.

"Fine," Max said after a beat. "Just follow Na for now and head with him when the time comes."

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